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and lindsey graham is pretty smart as is rand paul. thank you so much. i love that, what do you take me for? an excellent reporter which is what you are. garrett, thank you. >>> we are going to take a break. why? because when we return we must talk about puerto rico. it has been three weeks and 85% of the island without power. next we'll show you how some of the country's most prominent bi billion airs are stepping up to help the island recover. take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. when food is good and clean and real, it's ok to crave. and with panera catering, there's more to go around. panera. food as it should be. throughout my career, i've been fortunate enough to travel to many interesting places. i've always wanted to create those experiences for others. with my advisor's help along the way, it's finally my turn to be the host. when you have the right
and lindsey graham is pretty smart as is rand paul. thank you so much. i love that, what do you take me for? an excellent reporter which is what you are. garrett, thank you. >>> we are going to take a break. why? because when we return we must talk about puerto rico. it has been three weeks and 85% of the island without power. next we'll show you how some of the country's most prominent bi billion airs are stepping up to help the island recover. take something for the most important...
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lindsey graham, twice a week he's playing golf with him. that's somebody with deep serious ideological policy differences with the president and he hat been shy about expressing those shoes both as a candidate against trump and as a senator in the last few months. >> your most recent article senator ted cruz said the gop could face watergate blowout if tax reform are not accomplished. what does that mean? >> you're seeing republican donors, strategists and lawmakers increasingly raise alarm bells about what might happen next year and they're saying look, we might lose the house, we might lose the senate. we might see a historic wave election against this. i was at a donor meeting in new york where senator cruz made the remar remarks. the donors are nervous too saying look, if we don't get tax reform down, the base is going to be depressed. they might not show up at the polls and we might not write checks for incumbents. there's a lot of concern in the republican par that if they don't have a sweeping achievement to run on they could be look
lindsey graham, twice a week he's playing golf with him. that's somebody with deep serious ideological policy differences with the president and he hat been shy about expressing those shoes both as a candidate against trump and as a senator in the last few months. >> your most recent article senator ted cruz said the gop could face watergate blowout if tax reform are not accomplished. what does that mean? >> you're seeing republican donors, strategists and lawmakers increasingly...
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as the president solicited support he was seen golfing with senator lindsey graham. the pair went golfing for the second time in this past week. kelly o'donnell has more. what all came out of that meeting? >> reporter: we haven't gotten a specific readout about the president's time with senator graham. we will try for that again today and this week. it is significant that the president is reaching out todey is very much a part of the republican establishment. it was set against the same day where the president's former chief strategist was taking on the republican party declaring war. he says he is a fighter in the ring and what he is doing is pitting the trump style outsiders against the republican party. president trump invited critic republican senator lindsey graham for another round of golf. his former chief strategist steve bannen. >> this is not my war. this is our war. >> reporter: was taking a swing at republican party elites. >> there is a time and season for everything. and right now it's a season of war against a gop establishment. >> a civil war to be wa
as the president solicited support he was seen golfing with senator lindsey graham. the pair went golfing for the second time in this past week. kelly o'donnell has more. what all came out of that meeting? >> reporter: we haven't gotten a specific readout about the president's time with senator graham. we will try for that again today and this week. it is significant that the president is reaching out todey is very much a part of the republican establishment. it was set against the same...
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lindsey graham, corey booker, does that show that maybe th defenses word? >> it's all about influencing the jury. suppose there and observing you'd want to say these are credible people coming in just to be with him. that may have some traction. sometimes is getting one juror to buy into that. >> it looks like he's doing the same thing as the murphy. >> is the ultimate political theater. the jury is really the audience not the voters. >> is this why you don't trust lawyers and politicians? did the guy committed crime or not? >> shakespeare said were all good actors. while the world to stage. in reality it's true but it's a fact of life. >> if he's acquitted to see win reelection? >> no. >> there's a lotats cans lined u. >> that's check in with our meran.on sunday the fifth anniv of sup storm sandy llvering from that another b aded our way the >> the only valid co be made is thee,s year is be ay weather day with rain and wind. the overall atmosphere set up he impact is not near as sa still a big storm a nasty day we'll talk more about that in second. we do n
lindsey graham, corey booker, does that show that maybe th defenses word? >> it's all about influencing the jury. suppose there and observing you'd want to say these are credible people coming in just to be with him. that may have some traction. sometimes is getting one juror to buy into that. >> it looks like he's doing the same thing as the murphy. >> is the ultimate political theater. the jury is really the audience not the voters. >> is this why you don't trust...
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you have been talking to lindsey graham. lindsey graham hasn't always been a big fan of the president but today it seems like he is trying to smooth over the tensions between the president and congress. >> i think that is right. lindsey graham struggles empreliminae emblematic but recognize that he remains the president of the united states and the leader of their party and someone who needs to be on the team if they are going to get things done. i interviewed senator graham and he said he did not agree with bob corker's description of president trump as someone putting the united states in danger but also went out of his way to say that corker's complaints aren't without base in the sense that lindsey graham and corker are part of never tweet caucus and think the president would be better off if he would stop getting in the fights. i should probably let lindsey graham explain it. >> it doesn't matter what he says about corker or what corker says about him. i don't think it is good and healthy. i like them both. bob corker,
you have been talking to lindsey graham. lindsey graham hasn't always been a big fan of the president but today it seems like he is trying to smooth over the tensions between the president and congress. >> i think that is right. lindsey graham struggles empreliminae emblematic but recognize that he remains the president of the united states and the leader of their party and someone who needs to be on the team if they are going to get things done. i interviewed senator graham and he said...
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even has people in niger in fact at one point our buddy lindsey graham said quote to. be seized that i didn't even know there was a thousand troops in niger this is from the man who sits on the senate armed services committee thankfully senator rand paul of kentucky sudden would need to be said about lindsay's apparent amnesia when rand paul tweeted out that you know you are into what he wars and what he places when even more monger lindsey graham can't keep track of anymore so what exactly is the u.s. mission in niger or the rest of africa for that matter well according to the united states africa command website yes they actually have a website the united states military is in niger because a safe stable secure and prosperous africa is and during united states interests niger is an important partner to the u.s. . because ladies and gentlemen nothing says friendship more than teaching your friends how to kill extremists and their families now let's start watching the hawks. get the. real deal with. the bottom. like you but i got. the. older ones are the harks i am tir
even has people in niger in fact at one point our buddy lindsey graham said quote to. be seized that i didn't even know there was a thousand troops in niger this is from the man who sits on the senate armed services committee thankfully senator rand paul of kentucky sudden would need to be said about lindsay's apparent amnesia when rand paul tweeted out that you know you are into what he wars and what he places when even more monger lindsey graham can't keep track of anymore so what exactly is...
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is senator lindsey graham of south carolina said he was not aware that the u.s. had a thousand troops in niger. >> he may not have been aware of the number, but i think it's disingenuous for any lawmaker that was engaged on foreign policy and engaged on defense issues and national security in particular to say that he was not aware of what the united states was doing in places like cameroon, chad, niger, nigeria, i can go on. it's just, we can act shocked, but, no, we are aware of operations and we get briefed routinely. >> it wasn't just him, you know, democratic senator chuck schumer said the exact same thing when ch chuck todd asked him. let me ask you about jason chaffetz, he was one of the key leaders in the benghazi investigation. here's what he wrote this morning. congress investigated benghazi and extortion 17 about the chinook helicopter. congress should also investigate the deadly attack in niger #truth. do you agree at this point? even the widow has all of these questions. does this call for a full congressional investigation? >> what i would offer is
is senator lindsey graham of south carolina said he was not aware that the u.s. had a thousand troops in niger. >> he may not have been aware of the number, but i think it's disingenuous for any lawmaker that was engaged on foreign policy and engaged on defense issues and national security in particular to say that he was not aware of what the united states was doing in places like cameroon, chad, niger, nigeria, i can go on. it's just, we can act shocked, but, no, we are aware of...
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. >> however, south carolina senator lindsey graham who played golf with the president on saturday says that talk of replacing mitch mcconnell is premature. if republicans fail at tax reform the way they did at obamacare repeal, a lot of jobs will be at risk. listen here. >> mitch mcconnell is not our problem. our problem is that we promised to repeal and replace obamacare, and we failed. we promised to cut taxes and we have yet to do it. if we are successful, mitch mcconnell is fine. if we are not, we are all in trouble. >> successful, we are all fine. but speaker paul ryan ceded to the president's left wants to get tax reform done by the end of the year. said that he will keep the house in through christmas break if it is necessary to get it passed. mitch mcconnell has said, we will get tax reform done this congress which means january 2019. to the president has promoted getting it done by the end of this year, melissa. but i am told that the president is not exactly crucial credit is not a matter of one tax reform gets done, it is a matter of if it gets done. that is why the presiden
. >> however, south carolina senator lindsey graham who played golf with the president on saturday says that talk of replacing mitch mcconnell is premature. if republicans fail at tax reform the way they did at obamacare repeal, a lot of jobs will be at risk. listen here. >> mitch mcconnell is not our problem. our problem is that we promised to repeal and replace obamacare, and we failed. we promised to cut taxes and we have yet to do it. if we are successful, mitch mcconnell is...
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lindsey graham and maybe he's feigning ignorance but he's i didn't know anything about this ok i mean that's part of his job is my fundamental question for this program is that the u.s. fights endless wars but the american people really don't particularly care because they're not really informed and if they were informed i don't know what their reaction would be go ahead peter. and they also don't care because it doesn't really affect them directly there they're paying a lot of tax dollars to support these wars around the globe but very few people are serving fewer than one percent of the american pop population is in the military most people don't even know anybody in the military and they just don't pay attention so it's sort of like one thousand nine hundred four the planes go off but people are not paying attention and then that's bad because we just. i was just at a conference this past weekend in kansas city and it was commemorating and discussing and analyzing world war one at. just the fiftieth anniversary commemoration of the one nine hundred sixty seven march on the pentagon
lindsey graham and maybe he's feigning ignorance but he's i didn't know anything about this ok i mean that's part of his job is my fundamental question for this program is that the u.s. fights endless wars but the american people really don't particularly care because they're not really informed and if they were informed i don't know what their reaction would be go ahead peter. and they also don't care because it doesn't really affect them directly there they're paying a lot of tax dollars to...
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presence in nigeria key lawmakers including senators lindsey graham of south carolina new york schuck schumer who said they were not even aware that the united states had to station in nigeria or what the mission there is meanwhile the pentagon senators kept congress regularly informed about troop movements including those in nigeria so what's going on the some of that with congressman steve russell republican of oklahoma decorated army combat veteran retired lieutenant colonel presently serves on the house government oversight committee and the armed services committee he joins me from capitol hill all right congressman what do you make of this did you know about this. in nigeria well i did you know the training missions were special forces go in and help host countries deal with their own internal battles and strife is as old as special forces itself since its inception in the early one nine hundred sixty s. these missions have been a core part of what special operations forces and in particular special forces do so i'm baffled by any lawmaker that would say that they had no idea th
presence in nigeria key lawmakers including senators lindsey graham of south carolina new york schuck schumer who said they were not even aware that the united states had to station in nigeria or what the mission there is meanwhile the pentagon senators kept congress regularly informed about troop movements including those in nigeria so what's going on the some of that with congressman steve russell republican of oklahoma decorated army combat veteran retired lieutenant colonel presently serves...
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graham were clueless about u.s. operations in niger with graham telling n.b.c.'s meet the press quote i didn't know there was a thousand troops and. this is from a man who actually sits on the senate armed services committee thankfully senator rand paul of kentucky said would need to be said about lindsay's apparent amnesia tweeting out you know we are in too many wars and too many places when even war monger lindsey graham can't keep track of the more thank you so what exactly is the u.s. mission in niger or the rest of africa for that matter well according the united states africa command website. yes they have a website the united states military is in niger because a safe stable secure and prosperous africa is an enduring united states it's an enduring united states interest niger is an important partner to the u.s. because you know nothing's as friendship more than teaching your friends how to kill extremists and their families through french now let's start watching the whole mess. with the. rails at. the bott
graham were clueless about u.s. operations in niger with graham telling n.b.c.'s meet the press quote i didn't know there was a thousand troops and. this is from a man who actually sits on the senate armed services committee thankfully senator rand paul of kentucky said would need to be said about lindsay's apparent amnesia tweeting out you know we are in too many wars and too many places when even war monger lindsey graham can't keep track of the more thank you so what exactly is the u.s....
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those include rand paul and lindsey graham. and president trump does not care for mitch mcconnell either. and i would not be surprised at all if you see more actions of this type, more maneuvering around mitch mcconnell in a way that puts him and his status as a majority leader in a bit of political peril. >> that has to be uncomfortable considering mitch mcconnell's wife elaine chao is in the president's cabinet. josh, i know you write this week with respect to the economy and president trump's takes, why republicans don't see that the trump tax cut hurts the middle class, and the president overstating the impact of the stock market. can you explain those? >> so the republicans rolled out this tax plan drawn up by the white house, the president is talking it up as a big tax consult. 12% of taxpayers would face an increase, and by 2026, a quarter more people would pay more under the plan. the reason is because of changes they make to the personal exemplifie exemptions. the new system would take away those exclusions, a middle c
those include rand paul and lindsey graham. and president trump does not care for mitch mcconnell either. and i would not be surprised at all if you see more actions of this type, more maneuvering around mitch mcconnell in a way that puts him and his status as a majority leader in a bit of political peril. >> that has to be uncomfortable considering mitch mcconnell's wife elaine chao is in the president's cabinet. josh, i know you write this week with respect to the economy and president...
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senator mccain, lindsey graham, he was playing golf with him today. ben sasse, for example, but we haven't heard the kind of assault that we heard from senator corker from these other republicans. as you know, when senator corker calls the white house, and i'm quoting him now, an adult daycare center, what message does that send to foreign allies and adversaries? >> having talked to some of the diplomats, our allies, their apprehension equals many of my senate colleagues for exactly the same reason. the message from that kind of comment is simply to put in very colorful terms what a lot of people are thinking in perhaps more sober terms. >> yeah. lots to assess here. i need you to stand by, senator. there is more we need to discuss. we've got to take a quick break. we'll resume our conversation right after this. how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it
senator mccain, lindsey graham, he was playing golf with him today. ben sasse, for example, but we haven't heard the kind of assault that we heard from senator corker from these other republicans. as you know, when senator corker calls the white house, and i'm quoting him now, an adult daycare center, what message does that send to foreign allies and adversaries? >> having talked to some of the diplomats, our allies, their apprehension equals many of my senate colleagues for exactly the...
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lindsey graham was absolutely right. lindsey graham said this isn't just about one guy. he got elected. we may not like it but he got elected. what are those folks looking for? >> i think it is hard to talk about restoring americans faith in the government when you have representatives of the government standing in front of the american people and telling false stories. i think tom is completely right that general kelly lost a huge amount of credibility when he said what he did about representative wilson and that just takes away -- you see the white house bleeding out this credibility issue. >> when i was at the capital this week i talked with some senators on the republican side. a lot of them echoed senator graham saying privately they are in lock step with president george w. bush and respect president obama's comments. they believe the country in part because they told me about the obama and bush perezancies has lost faith in the institutions and national political parties and because of rising populism the leaders in washington don't feel able to navigate this mome
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lindsey graham is warning republicans, to get tax cuts, tax reform, and health care reform, the parties party is d. >> harris: a fox news alert, we are awaiting a white house press briefing, the president's sitting down with senate majority mitch mcconnell. just before that meeting, president trump was outside his cabinet meeting this morning, he spoke about this move to end health care, watch. >> health care is moving along, a subsidy to the insurance companies, a gift they had given them, you could almost call it a payoff. it's a disgrace. that money goes to the insurance companies. you want to take care of people that need help. >> harris: lindsey graham saying that if the republicans fail to get health care reform done, the party is in trouble. >> we promised to cut taxes and we have yet to do it. if we are successful, if we are not, it is all in trouble, we will lose our majority and i think president trump will not be reelected. >> harris: senator lindsey graham joins me himself, true and necessary would be the questions i would ask. talk to me about the facts and why you think it
lindsey graham is warning republicans, to get tax cuts, tax reform, and health care reform, the parties party is d. >> harris: a fox news alert, we are awaiting a white house press briefing, the president's sitting down with senate majority mitch mcconnell. just before that meeting, president trump was outside his cabinet meeting this morning, he spoke about this move to end health care, watch. >> health care is moving along, a subsidy to the insurance companies, a gift they had...
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lindsey graham saying mitch mcconnell is not our problem. the problem is we promised repeal and replace. that's not done. we failed there. we promised tax cuts and we have yet to do it. you just heard john roberts talk about the disconnect of the timing of getting tax reform done. paul ryan says if it doesn't get done by tend of the year we stay over christmas and mcconnell suggesting this congress? when does it get done? >> most of the strategist hoping to reelect republicans in 2018 get it done the sooner the better, december or january fine. people are campaigning after that. i don't think they want something that runs into the campaign season of 2018. but talk to strategists who are trying to reelect republicans next year and they'll say if we cut taxes, we'll be fine. but if we don't, it's like lindsey graham said, we're dead. >> sandra: let's talk healthcare reform. nancy pelosi had choice words about the president's move on scrapping the subsidies saying it was the week the president went rogue. >> the week of friday the 13th is the w
lindsey graham saying mitch mcconnell is not our problem. the problem is we promised repeal and replace. that's not done. we failed there. we promised tax cuts and we have yet to do it. you just heard john roberts talk about the disconnect of the timing of getting tax reform done. paul ryan says if it doesn't get done by tend of the year we stay over christmas and mcconnell suggesting this congress? when does it get done? >> most of the strategist hoping to reelect republicans in 2018 get...
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we turn now to sec republican lindsey graham. start with the iran question, are there enough votes there to get this amendment to the iran deal? >> i hope so. i'd hate to be democrat defending the sunset clause. hundred agreement after 15 years of the iranians can do anything they want in terms of enrichment and reprocessing, doesn't matter if they are still the largest state sponsor of terrorism or building our cbms with death to israel on the weapon under mere passage of time they dock whatever they want to with enrichment. democrats will have hard time justifying denying inspections of military bases. >> dickerson: here is how they would justify it. they would say that in fact the sunset provisions are stacked so that they can't move right to a nuclear weapon and that if they started to -- inspectors watching the international community would be one them right away where as what the president is offering is getting out of an agreement that was worked with patiently with the international community and actually is a step backwa
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so i think lindsey lindsey is -- lindsey graham is always willing to go there. this administration has been so all over the map that we have no idea. there has not been a coherent ideological push to reorient the united states in one direction or another. it's just been things here and there. it hasn't added up to yes, we're going to, you know, push forward, or yes, we're going to pull back. we're going to fulfill some of those america first promises and really get the troops out of all these foreign countries, where candidate trump was so critical of the efforts. i do think that one thing the niger incident highlights is that that is a very significant unfulfilled promise, that the president has basically done nothing to scale back the american presence overseas, even though that was the signature plank of his foreign policy platform. >> do we see a strategy emerging, isis in africa? >> we could see potentially two things. we could see a more aggressive approach in an attempt to go after the islamic in the sahara. alternatively, we could see a retreat, that the
so i think lindsey lindsey is -- lindsey graham is always willing to go there. this administration has been so all over the map that we have no idea. there has not been a coherent ideological push to reorient the united states in one direction or another. it's just been things here and there. it hasn't added up to yes, we're going to, you know, push forward, or yes, we're going to pull back. we're going to fulfill some of those america first promises and really get the troops out of all these...
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senators lindsey graham and rand paul. joining me now is msnbc's kasie hunt to discuss that and her new 7:00 p.m. show, drum roll please, that will include interviews with senator susan collins, majority leader paul ryan, al franken. that's kind of a packed show. congratulations, kasie. so excited to welcome you to the weekends. what is the dynamic at work here as you see it? trump suddenly palling around on the golf course with two critical senators. what is the angle for each of them? >> well, alex, we have seen a couple of senators succeed at building a relationship with president trump in a variety of different ways. rand paul is somebody that has been somewhat of an antagonist, obviously, he threatened to vote against the renewed push to repeal obamacare, for example. he urged the president to sign that executive order allowing the sale of insurance plans across state lines and what critics would say undermined the affordable care act further. but he is a potential no vote on the big budget fiscal spending deal coming
senators lindsey graham and rand paul. joining me now is msnbc's kasie hunt to discuss that and her new 7:00 p.m. show, drum roll please, that will include interviews with senator susan collins, majority leader paul ryan, al franken. that's kind of a packed show. congratulations, kasie. so excited to welcome you to the weekends. what is the dynamic at work here as you see it? trump suddenly palling around on the golf course with two critical senators. what is the angle for each of them?...
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starring lindsey graham of south scare-olina, and mitch mcconnell of kill-tucky. "dawn of the bill." it just won't die... but there's a good chance you will. "dawn of the bill," rated "r" for "really, this thing again?" >> announcer: it's the "late show" with stephen colbert. tonight, stephen welcomes: jeff bridges. senator jeff flake. and musical guest miguel. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, what's going on! hey, everybody. please have a seat, ladies and gentlemen. you're too kind. welcome. welcome, one and all, to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) folks, this week-- this week, those of you who watch the news, this week in washington, d.c., the thinkable happened. republicans are trying to repeal and replace obamacare, again. this is beyond beating a dead horse. this is getting damn close to beastiality, okay. i hope that horse has a safe word. "pumpkin patch" is what i recommend. you migh
starring lindsey graham of south scare-olina, and mitch mcconnell of kill-tucky. "dawn of the bill." it just won't die... but there's a good chance you will. "dawn of the bill," rated "r" for "really, this thing again?" >> announcer: it's the "late show" with stephen colbert. tonight, stephen welcomes: jeff bridges. senator jeff flake. and musical guest miguel. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed...
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graham were clueless about u.s. operations in niger with graham telling n.b.c.'s meet the press quote i didn't know there was a thousand troops and. this is from a man who actually. well . he used to be. many wars in too many places does he graham can't keep track of the more thank you so what exactly is the u.s. mission in niger or the rest of africa for that matter well according the united states africa command website yes yes they have a website the united states military is in niger because a safe stable secure and prosperous africa is an enduring united states it's an enduring united states interest niger is an important partner to the u.s. because you know nothing says friendship more than teaching your friends how to kill extremists and their families true friends now let's start watching the whole mess. with the. rails with. the bottom. like you know that i got. down. and it's. all over the klingon explanation mean what. well of course they would. forces missions so that's why there was no air support and t
graham were clueless about u.s. operations in niger with graham telling n.b.c.'s meet the press quote i didn't know there was a thousand troops and. this is from a man who actually. well . he used to be. many wars in too many places does he graham can't keep track of the more thank you so what exactly is the u.s. mission in niger or the rest of africa for that matter well according the united states africa command website yes yes they have a website the united states military is in niger...
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yesterday trump and senator lindsey graham spent the day at the same golf club. when you know about the quality time what is happening? >> no doubt this is an opportunity for the president to get out of the white house and to be with the senators in a more informal setting. while they are certainly enjoying themselves there is an opportunity for them to talk about some big issues confronting the administration including a new plan on health care, how they will get tax reform done. it is believed that is part of what the conversation was today. these players are important. you have someone like rand paul of kentucky who while has been an ally of the president publically but someone who stood in the way of some key pieces of legislation, health care in particular, and seems to be a bit skeptical about upcoming tax reform plan. lindsey graham is another one popular with fellow senators but found opportunities to criticize president trump when appropriate. it is important for the president to build these relationships because things have been icy with him and members
yesterday trump and senator lindsey graham spent the day at the same golf club. when you know about the quality time what is happening? >> no doubt this is an opportunity for the president to get out of the white house and to be with the senators in a more informal setting. while they are certainly enjoying themselves there is an opportunity for them to talk about some big issues confronting the administration including a new plan on health care, how they will get tax reform done. it is...
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>> really nasty exchange there between lindsey graham and rand paul. john mccain had some nasty words about john mccain as well. thanks very much, sunlen serfaty. joining us now, democratic senator ed markey of massachusetts. he's a key member of the foreign relations committee. senator, thanks for joining us. first of all, do you support the compromise worked out by lamar alexander and patty murray? >> yes, i do. i think that it is a fair compromise. i congratulate senator alexander and senator murray for their brilliant work to solve a problem that could have led to the collapse of insurance markets all across the country. could have led to a loss of coverage for cancer and diabetes, for addiction coverage all across the country, so i think they've come to a wise sensible and bipartisan resolution of the issue. >> would they have been able to reach this compromise without president trump's halting those subsidies last friday? >> i think in many ways that was the precipitating moment because the president was basically saying that he did not care if t
>> really nasty exchange there between lindsey graham and rand paul. john mccain had some nasty words about john mccain as well. thanks very much, sunlen serfaty. joining us now, democratic senator ed markey of massachusetts. he's a key member of the foreign relations committee. senator, thanks for joining us. first of all, do you support the compromise worked out by lamar alexander and patty murray? >> yes, i do. i think that it is a fair compromise. i congratulate senator...
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here's lindsey graham who has been critical of the president. lindsey graham, besty with john mccain. what's going on here? >> the president is clearly trying to elicit all the praise that he can. you have him likelihood that the president suggested that he praise him today, another president doesn't like to talk about his golfing. there was also a statement today put out by cabinet members praising the president's immigration plan that was laid out late last night. he thrives on praise and he really hates criticism. so, in the face where, for a week we've been discussing whether or not the secretary of state called him a moron and now we have bob corker saying it's like an adult day care center at the white house, he's seeking all the praise that he can everywhere he can. >> so, jeremy, now to mr. bannon, mr. bannon's words really got our attention tonight. tell us how real this is, how real the fear should be from mcconnell on down. everyone in the caucus and why senator barasso of wyoming is in the news today? >> well, as we reported over the
here's lindsey graham who has been critical of the president. lindsey graham, besty with john mccain. what's going on here? >> the president is clearly trying to elicit all the praise that he can. you have him likelihood that the president suggested that he praise him today, another president doesn't like to talk about his golfing. there was also a statement today put out by cabinet members praising the president's immigration plan that was laid out late last night. he thrives on praise...
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lindsey graham stepped in on healthcare, which is a unique issue for him. leland: he's a foreign policy guy. >> right. and now we have the situation with the iran deal. we have immigration coming up. he's been a vocal proponent of comprehensive immigration reform. so i think that he has the president's ear. and that will translate in what kind of policies the president is pushing. how much? i'm not sure. president trump has been golfing with rand paul recently and rand paul, turns out, he did not support the graham-cassidy bill, even though he established a pretty close relationship with the president. he has a tendency to wine and dine and golf with these senate republicans, but it doesn't always mean that they will get their way. leland: theres with a golf game with senator corker, too, doesn't seem like -- >> great example. leland: gabby, great having you, as always. >> thanks so much. elizabeth: strong winds are fanning the flames and forcing more people to evacuate in northern california. will carr has the latest from santa rosa. >> the fires started r
lindsey graham stepped in on healthcare, which is a unique issue for him. leland: he's a foreign policy guy. >> right. and now we have the situation with the iran deal. we have immigration coming up. he's been a vocal proponent of comprehensive immigration reform. so i think that he has the president's ear. and that will translate in what kind of policies the president is pushing. how much? i'm not sure. president trump has been golfing with rand paul recently and rand paul, turns out, he...
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>> i think lindsey graham had it absolutely right there. and from what i'm told, from people inside the white house, this is, it unfolded exactly as lindsey graham described. general kelly gave him a broad set of talking points, bullet points and one of those included, you know, they know what they're signing up for when they go into dangerous situations like this. and trump, who, let's face it, doesn't have the vocabulary of empathy mangled the delivery. it's just that simple. and i think that when you have a president, though, who has seen, seen so negatively by such a significant portion of the country, you're going to have that inevitable reaction from people who are predisposed to dislike trump anyway. so, i think this was bound. i really don't know that there was any way to avoid this other than trump not making the call and i think it's being politicized on both sides. >> look, i think you have a very perfectly figured out exactly what it is that people are so up in arms about and i think you said it very, very well. the fact is, it
>> i think lindsey graham had it absolutely right there. and from what i'm told, from people inside the white house, this is, it unfolded exactly as lindsey graham described. general kelly gave him a broad set of talking points, bullet points and one of those included, you know, they know what they're signing up for when they go into dangerous situations like this. and trump, who, let's face it, doesn't have the vocabulary of empathy mangled the delivery. it's just that simple. and i...
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as senator lindsey graham warns of the g.o.p. is dead if it doesn't act on tax reform. just one item on the republican agenda. watch. >> mitch mcconnell is not our problem. our problem is that we promised to repeal and replace obamacare and we failed. we promise to cut taxes and have yet to do it. if we are successful, mitch mcconnell is fine but if we are not, we are all in trouble. we lose our majority and i think president trump will not get reelected. >> sandra: that's a pretty tough assessment but i think a large part he is very accurate. people want results. the republicans have the house the senate and the presidency and they have to actually produce. i think one of the key is when they walk out of this meeting is are they talking about tax reform for the talking about tax cuts because with all of the chatter, we have yet to see a bill that would actually introduce and in mid-october, we are way late in doing that. >> sandra: some conservative groups places blame solely on mitch mcconnell not getting anything done. >> lisa: i think the blame could be on his shoul
as senator lindsey graham warns of the g.o.p. is dead if it doesn't act on tax reform. just one item on the republican agenda. watch. >> mitch mcconnell is not our problem. our problem is that we promised to repeal and replace obamacare and we failed. we promise to cut taxes and have yet to do it. if we are successful, mitch mcconnell is fine but if we are not, we are all in trouble. we lose our majority and i think president trump will not get reelected. >> sandra: that's a pretty...
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you heard garrett talk about the reaction from republicans like lindsey graham. this isn't helpful for the president. >> corker knew what he was doing. he was sort of approaching this point earlier, he sent out the tweet about the adult day care center, the white house being like an adult day care center. and it's also something that as heidi and i have discussed, a lot of senators, a lot of republican senators feel. they have similar sentiments. the interesting thing is that he went on the record to express that. he knew he was going on the record. and he knew that there would be a fallout like the one that we're seeing right now. or he had to know that. >> and newt gingrich is acknowledging that none of this is potentially useful for the president when it comes to his legislative agenda. he was out this morning talking about it. here's what he had to say. >> the truth is the president will not get his major things done without bob corker. so i hope the two of them will have lunch, get over it. i'm not sure if that technique will work for corker, but have lunch,
you heard garrett talk about the reaction from republicans like lindsey graham. this isn't helpful for the president. >> corker knew what he was doing. he was sort of approaching this point earlier, he sent out the tweet about the adult day care center, the white house being like an adult day care center. and it's also something that as heidi and i have discussed, a lot of senators, a lot of republican senators feel. they have similar sentiments. the interesting thing is that he went on...
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led lindsey graham said he didn't know. john mccain is right to tell the military, you have got to tell us more, and he's right to say that. kennedy: senate majority leader chuck schumer revealed he, too, did not know our troop levels were so high in the african countries. so i have to ask if they don't know what we are doing in niger, is there anyone who does? joining me, buck sexton. not you radio program that you must fam familiarize yourselfw with. if senator lindsey graham on the armed services committee who is a houck i shall republican. if he's displeelsd and in the dark, don't you think that's problematic? >> i think he should have read what was sent to him by the white house on the record and in the open. if they can't keep track where troops are when they have been told it's a matter of public record, that's on them. this whole thing has gone the spun out of control because of the narrative. you have u.s. special forces and other folks in the u.s. government in places in the world that aren't talked about a lot. k
led lindsey graham said he didn't know. john mccain is right to tell the military, you have got to tell us more, and he's right to say that. kennedy: senate majority leader chuck schumer revealed he, too, did not know our troop levels were so high in the african countries. so i have to ask if they don't know what we are doing in niger, is there anyone who does? joining me, buck sexton. not you radio program that you must fam familiarize yourselfw with. if senator lindsey graham on the armed...
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heard it from lindsey graham, heard it from chuck schumer. they want to know what they don't know and didn't know. >> reporter: officially everyone in the pentagon is on the same page. a key meeting. coming out from the "new york times," this special forces group, may have gone up to the mali border. given chase. the international jerian account. the u.s., and the president is trying to figure whether the u.s. side is being truthful as they're conveying the facts because there is this second account. the official account is that they were ambushed potentially delayed after meeting with this tribal elder. >> garrett, there's a sense that some people on capitol hill feel that -- i can't get a sense of it. do they think they're being kept in the dark or just feel there's not enough communication between the administration and congress about where our troops are in the world? >> reporter: very frustrated, ali. i talked to john mccain about this a couple times last week and each time made similar points he did not feel the administration was being
heard it from lindsey graham, heard it from chuck schumer. they want to know what they don't know and didn't know. >> reporter: officially everyone in the pentagon is on the same page. a key meeting. coming out from the "new york times," this special forces group, may have gone up to the mali border. given chase. the international jerian account. the u.s., and the president is trying to figure whether the u.s. side is being truthful as they're conveying the facts because there...
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looks like lindsey graham is working out of the room between him and defense secretary jim mattis. this could be the peter doocy camera here. let's listen. >> thanks very much. there senator graham, what can you tell us -- we're live right now. anything you want to tell about the meeting while we're walking. >> okay. so -- >> we had peter doocy. he wanted to speak with lindsey graham in front of the flag because the senator wanted better optics. now let's listen. >> all right. what was today about? today was about receiving information about niger but it was more than that for me. here's what the men people need to know. the counter terrorism rules under president obama i thought were overly restricted, they denied us the ability to basically engage the enemy effectively and aggressively. the war is morphing. you'll see more actions in africa, not less. you'll see more aggression by the united states towards our enemies, not less. you're going to have decisions being made not in the white house but in the field. i support that entire concept. so the rules of engagement are going to
looks like lindsey graham is working out of the room between him and defense secretary jim mattis. this could be the peter doocy camera here. let's listen. >> thanks very much. there senator graham, what can you tell us -- we're live right now. anything you want to tell about the meeting while we're walking. >> okay. so -- >> we had peter doocy. he wanted to speak with lindsey graham in front of the flag because the senator wanted better optics. now let's listen. >> all...
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the idea of an actual change of engage; lindsey graham was right to make a point of that. that sets up a whole new argument and something congress will have to go through and it does play to the importance of the new terrorism going forward and these missions and training missions and security systems force missions all around the world. that's a lot different than what we've heard in the past. >> hans, it seems like nobody in the administration was able to explain to the public, and i know how difficult this is. i worked for a president who took the country to war. they both became very unpopular wars. nobody was ready to explain to the public what we are doing militarily or on an intelligence front in niger. what is their explanation now to the american public? >> you haven't heard a broad articulation, an expansive one on just what the mission there is. more specifically, when they talk about it, they say this is a train, advise and assist. i have to say, when we look at any hot spot across the globe, it's likely that we don't really know a whole lot about what's going
the idea of an actual change of engage; lindsey graham was right to make a point of that. that sets up a whole new argument and something congress will have to go through and it does play to the importance of the new terrorism going forward and these missions and training missions and security systems force missions all around the world. that's a lot different than what we've heard in the past. >> hans, it seems like nobody in the administration was able to explain to the public, and i...
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take the last senator we heard right there, lindsey graham, republican, south carolina, his strategy seems to be singular. a new york times headline reads, as other republican senators bolt, lindsey graham cozies up to trump. mr. graham, a republican of south carolina, and a one time target of the president's barbs on twitter, shrugging off the white house chaos, personal insults in exchange for mr. trump's ear. let's bat this around with our panel. white house correspondent for bloomberg news. is it this stark right now as of tonight? you have trump and you have the mccain corker flake center of power. is there any movement in the middle? >> i think the most interesting space is the nonpublic space. you have the senators who are out there publicly. you have the members of congress who do legitimately support the president, and then there's this sort of private middle ground of members of congress and republicans in washington, d.c., who are sort of personally and honestly much closer to the outspoken senators, but they're not prepared to say it yet, so i don't know if you can actual
take the last senator we heard right there, lindsey graham, republican, south carolina, his strategy seems to be singular. a new york times headline reads, as other republican senators bolt, lindsey graham cozies up to trump. mr. graham, a republican of south carolina, and a one time target of the president's barbs on twitter, shrugging off the white house chaos, personal insults in exchange for mr. trump's ear. let's bat this around with our panel. white house correspondent for bloomberg news....
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as other republican senators bolt, lindsey graham cozy i didn't see up to trump. the report says this, mr. graham, republican of south carolina and a one time target of the president's bashes on twitter has transformed himself into the senate's trump whisperer, shrugging off the white house chaos, permanent insults and deep ideological differences in exchange for mr. trump's ear. ashley parker is with us, michael crowley and shannon pettypiece. ashley, is it this stark right now as of toebt, you've got trump and you've got the mccain corker flake center of power. is there any middle or any movement in the middle? >> i think the most interesting space is the nonpublic space. so you have the senators you just mentioned who are out there publicly. you have the members of congress who actually do legitimately support the president. and then there is this sort of private milgtsds ground of members of congress and republicans in washington, d.c. who are sort of personally and honestly much closer to the outspoken senators, but they're not prepared to say it yet. so i do
as other republican senators bolt, lindsey graham cozy i didn't see up to trump. the report says this, mr. graham, republican of south carolina and a one time target of the president's bashes on twitter has transformed himself into the senate's trump whisperer, shrugging off the white house chaos, permanent insults and deep ideological differences in exchange for mr. trump's ear. ashley parker is with us, michael crowley and shannon pettypiece. ashley, is it this stark right now as of toebt,...